Cojutepeque in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cojutepeque plotted against Cuscatlán and El Salvador. The SNDi of new construction in Cojutepeque peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Cuscatlán which rose steadily and El Salvador which rose steadily. Most recently, Cojutepeque's incremental SNDi fell from 6.43 to 5.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cojutepeque ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Cuscatlán and 6th out of 12 in El Salvador as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Alamnagar, India
• Nanxing, China
• Jiangshan, China
• Hoofddorp, Netherlands
• Yongqing, China
• Bisceglie, Italy

In new street additions, Cojutepeque built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Alamnagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hoofddorp built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Cojutepeque became progressively more disconnected, while Alamnagar fluctuated in connectivity and Hoofddorp became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Cojutepeque and Alamnagar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.